“Kumagawa Misogi! Prepare yourself!”

「Huh. Saki-chan, what are you doing?」



Dudadadadadadadaaaan!

Was the sound I made as I vigorously fell flat on my face. Like I was in a manga. And at that point, the “Fool’s Katana” that I had carelessly let go of spun wildly as it flew towards Kumagawa-kun before impaling him in the chest.

Not even slightly off from the point where the “Hero’s Sword” had impaled him just a few moments earlier.

「Guha!」

Kumagawa-kun flipped around from the impact.

As expected of a Japanese katana, it cut into things rather well without folding or bending—even without any nationalism involved, it was rather impressive that it could pierce through a person with its weight alone.

“…or rather, oh no! I ended up killing Kumagawa-kuuun!”

He, he’s all right, right?

Even in this situation, he should be able to properly use “All Fiction"—thinking that, I quickly rushed over to Kumagawa-kun.

He showed no signs of stirring as he hemorrhaged quite a lot of blood on the floor, but I was more surprised by the fact that—Kumagawa-kun had figured out my identity in a single blow.

As for what that meant—I couldn’t figure it out in that moment.

Although I was still in shock from having ended up killing Kumagawa-kun—

"Eh? Huh? Does this mean… Then, Kumagawa-kun… The game 'Anshin'in-san’ prepared for him… He… Failed to clear Stage 2?”

As I had come to the rooftop in place of Yakeishi Kushi, faced off against Kumagawa-kun who wielded the “Hero’s Sword”, and stabbed him to death with the “Fool’s Katana”… That was what it would be. That was what it would end up being.

Wow…

Regardless of what anyone’s intentions were, this was supposed to have been a match that was rigged from the start—and, even in the midst of betrayal and treachery, he should have been able to see a glimpse of victory—Kumagawa-kun should have.

But, of all things, he’d managed to see through my true identity.



「Once again—I couldn’t win.」



Through “All Fiction”, which automatically activated after his death, Kumagawa-kun had been able to revive, despite the katana still impaled in his chest—and, speaking with a flood of emotions, he muttered the same line he always did.


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